Campus Calendar

UIS foreign and independent film series

The Division of Student Affairs at UIS is sponsoring an Independent and Foreign Film Series on Friday nights this spring. All films will begin at 7 p.m. in Brookens Auditorium. Admission is free and the public is welcome to attend.

Films include: Bride and Prejudice – April 15; Motorcycle Diaries – April 22.

For more information about any of these films, contact the UIS Office of Student Life at 206-6665.

Tax forms available in the library

The most frequently used federal and Illinois tax forms are available in Brookens Library on level 2 near the print stations.

Paper forms, instruction booklets, and reproducible copies of less common forms can be obtained.

Forms are also accessible via the Internet at www.irs.gov/formspub for federal and www.iltax.com for state.

UIS to hold Seventh Annual Health Fair

UIS will host its Seventh Annual Health Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, in the concourse and conference rooms on the lower level of the Public Affairs Center on the UIS campus. The event is free and open to the public.

Sponsored by UIS' Campus Health Services, the fair is held in conjunction with National Public Health Week, which this year focuses on the theme “Prevent, Protect, and Plan: Empowering Americans to live stronger, longer.”

For more information contact Jill Stoops in the UIS Campus Health Service, at 206-6676.

“Hurricane” Carter to speak at UIS

Dr. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, the former middleweight contender whose boxing career was ended by a conviction for three murders he did not commit, will speak on “The Fight for Justice” at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, in the Studio Theatre. The event is free and open to the public.

A reception with Carter will precede his public presentation on April 13. Tickets to the reception are $50 per person and advance registration is required.

For more information or to make reservations, contact Jeri Fredrick in the Institute for Legal and Policy Studies at 206-7985 or by e-mail at frederick.jeri@uis.edu .

UIS to host 5th Science Research Symposium

The Fifth Annual UIS Science Research Symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 22, at the UIS.

The symposium will feature a keynote address by Dr. Millicent Firestone from the Argonne National Laboratory, one of the U.S. Department of Energy's largest research centers.

The event is free and open to the public.

Rep. Shimkus to lead discussion of bullying and harassment prevention

U.S. Representative John Shimkus will lead a presentation on bullying and harassment prevention legislation currently under consideration in Congress from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Monday, April 25, in Brookens Auditorium, located at UIS.

The event will be hosted by the Public Policy High School Initiatives program within UIS' Center for State Policy and Leadership.

UIS events celebrate Earth Day

UIS will host two events in observance of Earth Day 2005. On Wednesday, April 20, Dr. Michele Morrone from Ohio University will deliver the keynote address, “Is Science Anti-Environmental?” at 7 p.m. in PAC conference room F.

On Thursday, April 21, guided tours of the campus nature trail and restored prairie area will be available, weather permitting. Tour groups will leave at 1 p.m. from outside Brookens Library.

Both events are sponsored by the Department of Environmental Studies and Students Allied for a Greener Earth.

UIS Pre-Law Center to host discussion with state Supreme Court justice

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride will be the featured speaker at a John Peter Altgeld Forum, presented by the Pre-Law Center at the University of Illinois at Springfield , from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the Studio Theatre, on the lower level of the PAC.

The forum is presented free; however, advance registration is required. For more information about the Altgeld Forum, contact either PLC Director Dennis Rendleman at 206-6324 or PLC Graduate Assistant Bukola Bello at 206-7826, or register to attend by e-mail at prelawcenter@uis.edu.